On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 40%, based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The 9th Life of Louis Drax is intriguing and visually compelling, but its disparate parts are never truly woven into a satisfying whole." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 41 out of 100, based on 20 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".